{
  "id": 2538862,
  "title": "Imran Khan's party files contempt petition over jailed leader's hospital move",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/22/imran-khans-party-files-contempt-petition-over-jailed-leaders",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-22T08:28:44.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Channel News Asia",
    "slug": "channel-news-asia",
    "url": "https://www.channelnewsasia.com/asia/imran-khan-pakistan-former-prime-minister-contempt-petition-hospital-move-6334726"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Imran Khan's political party lodged a contempt petition against the government on August 22, 2023, after authorities transferred the former prime minister to a state-run hospital instead of the private facility ordered by the top court. The petition demands action against the prime minister, law minister, information minister and other government officials, as well as for Imran Khan's treatment at the private Shifa International Hospital in Islamabad, as ordered by the court. The party claims that Khan's arrest and imprisonment on charges of politically motivated wrongdoing has sparked nationwide protests and fears of rekindling similar demonstrations. The three-judge bench directed the government to transfer Khan to the private hospital within two days for medical examination, but authorities instead took him to the state-run Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) for a brief check-up and denied him access to his personal physician. Khan's sister attended the examination at PIMS and claimed that her brother was being repeatedly tortured in prison.",
  "summary": "The petition against the government also calls for the ex-prime minister to receive treatment at the private hospital specified by the court.",
  "key_points": [
    "Imran Khan's party files contempt petition on August 22, 2023.",
    "Government transferred Khan to state-run hospital, not private as ordered.",
    "Petition demands action against officials and Khan's private treatment."
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Al Jazeera",
        "title": "Pakistan’s PTI seeks contempt action over jailed Imran Khan’s hospital move",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/22/pakistans-pti-seeks-contempt-action-over-jailed-imran-khans-hospital",
        "published": "2026-08-22T10:13:48.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}